Why You Should Keep Alt Text Short and Succinct
You’ve probably heard that alt text should be short, no more than 150 characters. However, WCAG SC 1.1.1 Non text content states that “All non-text content that is presented to…
Author: rebecca_meyer2
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Resources on Accessibility in Canvas
Accessibility is a big subject, but we have lots of resources for you! For a broad overview of the hows and whys of accessibility, check out Digital Accessibility Resources at…
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Simple Tips for Getting in the Habit of Creating Accessible Content from the Start, Part 2: Images and Visual Content Styling
In the previous post in this series, Simple Tips for Getting in the Habit of Creating Accessible Content from the Start, Part 1: Text-Based Content, I discussed some tips on…
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Simple Tips for Getting in the Habit of Creating Accessible Content from the Start, Part 1: Text-Based Content
When life gets overwhelming, it can be very difficult to initiate new ways of doing things. Looking into ways to cope with this led me to Atomic Habits by James…
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Student Annotation Assignments
Do you have an assignment where students need to mark up a document? Maybe you’ve been accomplishing this by printing out a document for students to write on and mark…
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Understanding Image Size: Image Dimensions Versus Image File Size
The size of an image can refer to more than one thing. Image file size refers to how big the image file is. Image dimensions refers to the height and…
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Advanced Google Docs Tips and Tricks to Make Your Life Easier
Google Docs is so commonly used these days that the time before collaborative document editing can seem like a distant memory. But I remember when a group project entailed a…
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Understanding Links in Canvas
Links (or hyperlinks) are such a ubiquitous, fundamental part of the internet that it’s easy not to give them a second thought. However, you can make your life easier by…
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Protecting Artwork from AI Harvesting
“Pokemon in the style of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Hunters in the Snow.” This was one of the most memorable AI images that one of my friends sent me….